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Climate change is an opportunity for Greece to expand its tourism season, the Greek PM told Bloomberg TV.

Greece will showcase its ambitious sustainability plans for tourism during this year’s World Travel Market (WTM) London expo.

The Greek government will tighten regulations on short-term rentals, imposing new fees and fines for non-compliance.

The World Health Organization (WHO) pledged to support Greece’s actions to further develop health and wellness tourism.

Greece and Thailand are exploring ways to boost their longstanding tourism partnership.

The need for more and better-targeted investments for people, the planet and prosperity will be at the center of World Tourism Day (WTD) 2023.

Hoteliers in Central Greece affected by Storm Daniel reiterated their calls for help, urging the government to take immediate measures.

The Greek Tourism Ministry is aiming for Thessaloniki to be the host city for the UNWTO Global Wine Tourism Conference 2024.

Ways to further enhance cooperation in tourism topped the agenda of talks this week between Greece and the UK.

SETE’s former president, Yiannis Retsos, called for the enhanced promotion of Greek cultural heritage in tourism, during a recent Marketing Greece event in Athens.

Home-sharing giants Airbnb, Booking.com and VRBO have agreed to work with Greek tax authorities.

Greek hoteliers are calling on the government to re-examine and redesign the stayover tax imposed on hotel customers.

Tourism worldwide is recouping losses incurred by Covid-19, as arrivals reach 84% of pre-pandemic levels in January-July.

The announcement to tax Airbnb rental income in Greece has received mixed reactions from hospitality stakeholders and property owners.

Tourism enterprises in Thessaly, Greece, affected by Storm Daniel are calling for support measures to ensure viability.

The Greek government welcomed Moody’s decision to upgrade the country’s credit rating from Ba3 to Ba1 with a stable outlook.

The “stayover tax” charged at Greek hotels will rise and Airbnb hosts with 3 or more properties will be subject to VAT.

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined the government’s priorities and announced measures to deal with natural disasters in Greece.

Investment in the global tourism cluster has started to bounce back from the lows it touched during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The European aviation industry welcomed the ReFuelEU regulation that aims to increase the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) in the EU.